John O’Donnell says he’s taking inspiration from WBC Super Middleweight kingpin Carl Froch ahead of a Commonwealth title challenge in London next month. O’Donnell takes on Craig Watson at the York Hall for Watson’s Commonwealth Welterweight title on a Hennessy Sports show which is being screened live on ITV4 on April 11.
Roy Jones Jr: To have people come out and support me like this is a great feeling. And all this trash talking that is going on it what it’s all about. People are wondering why I have picked a big puncher like Omar Sheika to bring to my hometown. You know I don’t do anything…
None other than legendary ex-heavyweight boxing champion of the world Smokin’ Joe Frazier has said of British featherweight Marianne “Golden Girl” Marston, “She’s going to be the Champ.†Joe’s son and former heavyweight contender Marvis Frazier has said of Marston, “Marianne is the hardest working, committed fighter I have seen in a long time. She’s…
DiBella Entertainment puts on their first show in New England with a card tonight at Mechanic’s Hall in Woocester, MA, headlined by highly touted middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez, who meets veteran Patrick Thompson in an eight rounder. Middleweights, 8 rounds Edwin Rodriguez, Worcester, MA 163 Lb Patrick Thompson, Lincoln, NE 164 Lb
© Lawrence Lustig The draw has been made for the latest thrilling event in Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter Series. Eight British lightweights will be vying for the £25,000 jackpot next Tuesda, March 24, at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow in the first Prizefighter tournament to be staged in Scotland.
Fresh of his first round annihilation of Tom Joseph in his ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” debut on March 6, the 2007 amateur world champion and 2008 US Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade, 3-0 (3), will be back in action on this weeks edition of Friday Night Fights. Andrade takes on fellow unbeaten Arnulfo Javier Romero,…
Undefeated IBF/IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson and three-time world champion Antonio Tarver will meet in a rematch of their world title fight, Saturday, May 9, in The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. Dawson, 27-0 (17), from New Haven, CT, began his second reign as a light heavyweight world champion…
Two of the most promising heavyweight prospects in Britain will be in action this Friday, March 20 on the undercard of the Ian Napa vs. Malik Bouzaine European bantamweight title fight show at Newham Leisure Centre in London. Larry Olubamiwo and Tom Dallas both turned professional last year with promoter Frank Maloney and have each…
Frank Maloney will launch the exclusive St. George’s Sporting Club in the heart of London’s East End on Thursday, April 23. The inaugural dinner and boxing show will also celebrate Maloney’s 25 years as a professional boxing promoter. This special event at The Troxy will be a mixed sex event, but there will be male…
Fresh off a riveting destruction of former English super bantamweight titlist Marc Callaghan, undefeated prospect Akaash Bhatia returns to the ring in support of Ian Napa’s European bantamweight title defense against Malik Bouziane this Friday, March 20 at Newham Leisure Centre in London, England. Red hot Bhatia stepped up against veteran Callaghan and gunned down…
Sensational junior middleweight prospect Rashad Holloway has arrived in his native Cincinnati, Ohio for his feature bout this Saturday night at the U.S. Bank Arena as part of “3 The Hard Wayâ€, an outstanding evening of world class boxing presented by TKO Boxing Promotions and TMAX Events. Holloway, 9-1 with five knockouts will face heavy…
Juan Carlos Gomez’s trainer Orlando Cuellar has lead a career full of upsets, coaching the “Road Warriorâ€, Glen Johnson, to numerous spectacular wins including a sensational ninth round KO over former pound-for-pound-king Roy Jones junior. “I remember that Glen was the 7:1 underdog at that fightâ€, states Cuellar. “I didn’t care and we kicked Roy…